Category: T-Bones

The Kansas City T-Bones return home from their 5-1 road trip that included a sweep of division rival Lincoln and covered 1,494 miles, to open a four-game weekend homestand Thursday in Kansas City, Kansas.

The game with St. Paul starts at 7:05 p.m. tonight at T-Bones Stadium, 1800 Village West Parkway, Kansas City, Kansas.

Tonight’s game is Throwdown Thursday, with $1.50 beers and $1.50 hot dogs.

Friday, at 7:05 p.m., The T-Bones will hold Jurassic Ball Park Night, with pre-game skydiving from the Falcon Skydiving Team.

Saturday, the T-Bones play at 7:05 p.m. in Gold Glove Charities Night. There will be post-game fireworks.

Sunday, the T-Bones play at 1:05 p.m. with a pre-game catch on the field and a post-game kids run the bases event.

Individual tickets, season, group, mini-plans and nightly party suites are on sale and can be purchased by visiting the box office at T-Bones Stadium or www.tbonesbaseball.com. Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The T-Bones’ games are airing on the T-Bones Broadcast Network, http://mixlr.com/t-bones-baseball/.

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The Kansas City T-Bones (33-17) defeated the Lincoln Saltdogs (27-23), winning the final game of the series by a score of 8-5 Wednesday night in Lincoln, Nebraska, and sweeping the Saltdogs for the second time this season.

The T-Bones weren’t able to score in the first inning, but they didn’t let that stop them from starting out strong. An RBI from Adrian Nieto gave Kansas City the lead in the top of the second, 1-0.

Saltdogs manager Bobby Brown was ejected after a heated argument in the top of the third, as Dylan Tice was called safe on what Brown thought should’ve been an out.

Tice was tagged out on the very next play, but the T-Bones were still able to score behind a Nick Torres RBI single, giving them a 2-0 lead halfway through the third.

The third inning was fruitful for the Saltdogs as well. T-Bones pitcher Hunter Adkins walked two, and Lincoln was able to score two, tying it on an RBI double from Curt Smith.

In the fourth inning, the T-Bones got the offense rolling with three straight hits to load the bases off Lincoln starter Austin Robichaux.

A sacrifice fly from Dylan Tice gave the T-Bones the lead, 3-2 . The hits just kept coming for the T-Bones with Mason Davis and Todd Cunningham getting RBI singles as the lead increased to 5 -2.

Lincoln wasn’t able to stop the Kansas City momentum.

A homerun from Keith Curcio gave the T-Bones their 11th hit and increased the lead by two in the top of the fifth. Not to be outdone, Lincoln answered with a two-run home run by Christian Ibarra off Hunter Akins, which closed the gap to make the score 7-4 in favor of KC.

The remaining four innings featured four different T-Bones pitchers. Joe Filomeno came in to pitch for the T-Bones in the bottom of the sixth.

The last offensive strike for the T-Bones, Perio Jr. opened the seventh inning with a smashing home run and put the T-Bones up 8–4.

Kevin Hill took over to pitch for the T-Bones in the bottom of the seventh, and Nick Lee took over from him for the eighth. Cody Winiarski came in for the bottom of the ninth and finished off the Saltdogs despite a late surge. Atkins (3-2) was credited with the win for the T-Bones and Robichaux (2-4) the loss for Lincoln.

The Saltdogs scored one in the bottom of the ninth, but it was too little, too late. The T-Bones finished them off and claimed the win, making it their second series sweep of the season over the Lincoln Saltdogs with a final score of Kansas City 8, Lincoln 5.

The T-Bones will start a new series at home against the St. Paul Saints at 7:05 p.m. Thursday, July 12, at in T-Bones Stadium in Kansas City, Kansas.

Individual tickets, season, group, mini-plans and nightly party suites are on sale and can be purchased by visiting the box office at T-Bones Stadium or www.tbonesbaseball.com. Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The T-Bones’ games are airing on the T-Bones Broadcast Network, http://mixlr.com/t-bones-baseball/.

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The Kansas City T-Bones found a way to pull out a 2-1 win against the Lincoln Saltdogs in Lincoln on Tuesday night at Haymarket Park despite not scoring an earned run in the win.

Kansas City took advantage of two catastrophic errors in the second and seventh innings to seal the series-clinching win.

In the top of the second, the T-Bones jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, thanks to a key error by Lincoln.

With two outs, Keith Curcio races to second on a double to put the T-Bones in scoring position. At the next at bat, Dexter Kjerstad reached first on a throwing error by the third basemen Christian Ibarra, allowing Curcio to score an unearned run from second base.

The Saltdogs responded, setting the bottom of the second inning on fire. Three straight singles by Smith, Bennet, and Oduber allowed Smith to score, tying the game 1-1, heading to the third inning.

Another heartbreaking error by Lincoln gave Kansas City the go-ahead run in the top of the seventh.

With two outs and Adrian Nieto on third base, Mason Davis hit a pop fly to shallow right field that looked like it would end the inning, but Angel Reyes dropped the ball to allow Nieto to race home to score and Davis to stride into second for a 2-1 T-Bones lead.

The T-Bones bullpen had to work out of two tough spots in the late innings to help secure the 32nd win of the season.

Marcus Crescentini worked out of a jam in the eighth after the first two batters reached base, keeping the game at 2-1. Joe Filomeno worked the ninth and faced the winning run at the plate. After retiring the first batter with ease, the left-handed pitcher walked the next batter then got the second out of the inning. Cesar Valera hit a fly ball to the warning track for the third out to notch the save.

Tommy Collier (6-1) pitched a brilliant game in Lincoln, tossing seven innings and allowing six hits and one earned run. Collier now leads the team with six wins, posting a 4.41 ERA. Joe Filomeno picked up his first save on the season, pitching a scoreless ninth inning for Kansas City.

Saltdogs pitcher Eric Wooten (1-4) pitched a fantastic game, despite lackadaisical defense. He pitched seven innings, allowing six hits and giving up two unearned runs that put him in position to become tonight’s losing pitcher.

The T-Bones are back in the winning circle, and have gained a game on the first place Sioux City Explorers who lost Tuesday night.

Kansas City is now 32-17 and find themselves 4.5 games back on the South Division lead.

The Saltdogs lost their second straight game, falling to 27-22, and are now 10 games back in the South Division race.

The T-Bones and Saltdogs continue their three-game series Wednesday, July 10, at 6:45 p.m. in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Individual tickets, season, group, mini-plans and nightly party suites are on sale and can be purchased by visiting the box office at T-Bones Stadium or www.tbonesbaseball.com. Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The T-Bones’ games are airing on the T-Bones Broadcast Network, http://mixlr.com/t-bones-baseball/.

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